Feminae: Medieval Women and Gender Index


  • Record Number: 4166
  • Author(s)/Creator(s): Vesce , Thomas E.
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  • Title: Light Leaps in "Ancrene Wisse" VI: "Wid Lihtleapes Buggen Eche Blisse"? [the anchoress is enjoined to avoid the leap into lechery and pride, like the leaps of Eve and Lucifer, but instead imitate the leaps of Christ].
  • Source: Mediaevalia 19, ( 1996): Pages 385 - 403. (1996 (for 1993)) Published by the Center for Medieval and Early Renaissance Studies, State University of New York at Binghamton
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  • Article Type: Journal Article
  • Subject (See Also): Anchoresses Ancrene Wisse, Middle English Devotional Work Middle English Language Sins Women in Religion
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  • Geographic Area: British Isles
  • Century: 13
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  • Author's Affiliation: Mercy College, NY
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  • Year of Publication: 1996.
  • Language: English
  • ISSN/ISBN: Not Available